Former Liverpool defender Jim Beglin also gave his reaction to the final result on Twitter, while Newcastle United legend Alan Shearer suggested on the social networking site that it was a match between two clubs who are set to finish in mid-table in the Premier League this season.

Subhankar Mondal

A football journalist based in Wakefield, Subhankar Mondal has previously worked for Goal.com International and Skysports.com, and has had his sports articles published in The Guardian and The Observer. He has also been on the BBC in the past and his name once found its way to the pages of the World Soccer magazine. He was recently cited in a major Louis van Gaal biography.